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• holding that a statement without additional evidence of discrimination or retaliation was insufficient to state a claim under Title VII
• holding that a former bank president who alleged that he was wrongfully discharged as a result of the actions of a state banking official must show that the acts left him “unable to pursue a job in the banking profession”
• clarifying that the Equal Protection Clause protects against intentional discrimination
• upholding summary judgment for the employer on a § 1983 claim of intentional race discrimination where there was no showing that the employer’s legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for its actions were pretextual
• “To hold otherwise would be to make summary judgment unavailable in all cases where the plaintiff has alleged direct evidence of discriminatory intent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).